rith

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See also: rið and riþ

English

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Etymology

From Middle English rīth (“a small stream”), rithe, from Old English rīþ m (“a small stream”), rīþe f, from Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþaz, *rīþǭ (“stream, beck, brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, arise”).

Cognate with Old Frisian rīth, rīd (“stream, beck”), Old Saxon rīth (“stream, torrent”) (> Middle Low German rîde), Old Dutch rīth (“stream, beck”), German -reide (“stream”, in placenames).

Pronunciation

Noun

rith (plural riths)

  1. (obsolete) A small stream or channel.
    They waded further up the rith.
    • 1973 (quoting an earlier record), The Land Drainage Records of West Sussex: A Catalogue (West Sussex Record Office, David J. Butler), page xix:
      does not Cleanse part of two Riths or Sewers and repair so much of Pagham Wall against the Sea as doth belong to him to cleanse and to repair and the said Edward Woods to have notice to appear before us on the twenty Seventh day of this Instant December to give
    • 1968 (quoting an earlier record), Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary , page 472:
      Riths or Channels in the Harbour, as proposed in the Evidence of Charles Mant, Esquire, and alluded to in the Petition from Langstone, Your Committee are of opinion may be beneficially adopted and introduced in any Bill hereafter to

Usage notes

Now mostly found in surnames and place names like Hendrith and Tingrith.

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Irish

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Etymology

From Old Irish reithid (verb)[1] and riuth (noun),[2] from Proto-Celtic *reteti (verb) and *retus (noun) (compare Middle Welsh redec), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-. The vowel of the verb has been replaced with the vowel of the verbal noun, but is preserved in the dialectal form reath.

Pronunciation

Verb

rith (present analytic ritheann, future analytic rithfidh, verbal noun rith, past participle rite)

  1. to run

Conjugation

conjugation of rith (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present rithim ritheann tú;
rithir† 		ritheann sé, sí rithimid ritheann sibh ritheann siad;
rithid† 		a ritheann; a ritheas ritear
past rith mé; ritheas rith tú; rithis rith sé, sí ritheamar; rith muid rith sibh; ritheabhair rith siad; ritheadar a rith /
ar rith* 		ritheadh
past habitual rithinn riteá ritheadh sé, sí rithimis; ritheadh muid ritheadh sibh rithidís; ritheadh siad a ritheadh /
a ritheadh* 		rití
future rithfidh mé;
rithfead 		rithfidh tú;
rithfir† 		rithfidh sé, sí rithfimid;
rithfidh muid 		rithfidh sibh rithfidh siad;
rithfid† 		a rithfidh; a rithfeas rithfear
conditional rithfinn rithfeá rithfeadh sé, sí rithfimis; rithfeadh muid rithfeadh sibh rithfidís; rithfeadh siad a rithfeadh /
a rithfeadh* 		rithfí
subjunctive present go rithe mé;
go rithead† 		go rithe tú;
go rithir† 		go rithe sé, sí go rithimid;
go rithe muid 		go rithe sibh go rithe siad;
go rithid† 		— go ritear
past dá rithinn dá riteá dá ritheadh sé, sí dá rithimis;
dá ritheadh muid 		dá ritheadh sibh dá rithidís;
dá ritheadh siad 		— dá rití
imperative rithim rith ritheadh sé, sí rithimis rithigí;
rithidh† 		rithidís — ritear
verbal noun rith
past participle rite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

Noun

rith m or f (genitive singular reatha, nominative plural rití)

  1. verbal noun of rith
    Synonym: reáchtáil
  2. run

Declension

Declension of rith

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rith rití
Vocative a rith a rití
Genitive reatha rití
Dative rith rití

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rith na rití
Genitive an reatha na rití
Dative leis an rith

don rith

leis na rití

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 180, page 69

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

rith

  1. Soft mutation of rhith.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhith rith unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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